My first pitbull, IB-5 five string bass.

[Tindrrel]

The shiny part seems quite hard, I think it's curing ok. It's just the gaps. I guess the thinking is that I may have wiped those too thin or even wiped them off when I did the wipe next to it.

More coats it is. Not in a rush.

[keloooe]

Yeah I'd go for more coats Sam, but it could also be from you wiping across the grain? Try just wiping the excess off along the grain(as if you were sanding the body back) and keep the coats as light as possible. Also in our crap weather I'd give more time than usual to let the stain cure!

[Tindrrel]

OK, I'd checked for this before and found no sign that it's what was happening.

I suspected the top coat had just run off the body completely, but there was no drops on the board below where I hung it.

This time I caught it.



I think the reason the top coat isn't building up with multiple coats is that each coat running off.

That drop has gathered from runs all down the body joining across the bottom edge headed to the lowest point.

Maybe I need to do the front and back one at a time and let it cure laying flat.

[wokkaboy]

Sam looks like the coats are too thick, I've never seen runs with Dingotone or Wudtone.
Also might pay to apply the coats during the warmest part of the day.
There are no drying agents in DT so if its too cold it won't cure.
I'd steel wool it back and apply thin coats and don't overwork the rag. Wipe on once only

[Tindrrel]

I'd steel wool it back and apply thin coats and don't overwork the rag. Wipe on once only

Not sure how I can get them any thinner. I dab the cloth in the liquid, then squeeze it til it drips back into the pot. Then one wipe down the body, and a wipe next to that with no overlap, and so on until the cloth is barely wetting the body then dip it in the pot again.

Lately, the warmest part of the day is still not much more than 12 degrees.

Maybe I need to give up on it and try something with a curing agent in it. Any suggestions? Something I can still put over the existing stain?

[wokkaboy]

yeah think the weather is too cool I'd say.
Tru oil is compatible with DT stains.
Queensland Gun exchange ships it, not many places post it because its a flammable liquid.
Or you could try any local gun stores

http://www.qldgunexchange.com/QGEWeb...roductId=34225

[Tindrrel]

Or you could try any local gun stores

The local gun store has Birchwood Casey Tru-Oil.

I'm going to ask DB for advice. Will see where to go from there.

[keloooe]

Sam I remember the gunstore just up in Clayton has Tru Oil, I think that's the one you are talking about?

[wokkaboy]

all three of us are going to get a nice sentence in the naughty warehouse from DB recommending naughty oil haha

[Tindrrel]

Sam I remember the gunstore just up in Clayton has Tru Oil, I think that's the one you are talking about?

That's the one.

all three of us are going to get a nice sentence in the naughty warehouse from DB recommending naughty oil haha

Well, I haven't decided that's the route I'm going to take yet. Just researching. On that note, is the tru-oil likely to cure quicker even in the cooler temps of Melbourne? Reading about it, supposedly usually takes hours to be touch dry instead of days.